1:07 PM AEST | Yass Valley Council has passed a development application for the construction of a Baptist Church on Laidlaw Street.
The proposal for a church to be constructed using a basic portal frame steel shed design, where the external side and rear walls are colourbond and the front wall a natural brick façade, was passed by councillors on June 25.
12:41 PM AEST | Book review: Michael Keenan’s fascinating book, “The Shadows of Horses” which was published on Monday opens our eyes to the series of revolutions in rural life which have taken place since the Second World War.
12:39 PM AEST | One lucky Tribune reader has the opportunity to win a double pass to see seven times Golden Guitar winner Beccy Cole, performing live at the Yass Soldiers Club on July 12.
12:18 PM AEST | Women aged between 50 and 69 are particularly encouraged to attend the BreastScreen clinic, which will be held at the Yass District Hospital between July 21 and 31. Women over 40 are also welcome to attend.The service is free, and women are encouraged to have a screening mammogram every two years once they reach 50. Women can phone 13 20 50 for an appointment.
12:15 PM AEST | Elly Mackay was the lucky winner of the Design Your Own Mocktail competition held at Yass Library to mark Drug Action Week.
2/07/2008 | Andrew and Rebecca Small were married on the beautiful island of Vomo in Fiji on June 5.
2/07/2008 | Andrew and Rebecca Small were married on the beautiful island of Vomo in Fiji on June 5.
Andrew is the son of Bob and Jackie Small of Yass. Rebecca is the daughter of Adrian and Denise Horan of Balgowlah, Sydney.
The happy couple will make their home in Manly Vale, Sydney.
2/07/2008 | MP for Burrinjuck Katrina Hodgkinson is stunned and devestated to hear of the death if two children and their grandmother in Cowra on Monday.
2/07/2008 | Forward thinking year 12 students Brendan McLucas and Christopher Kordas-Humphrey were thrilled to find out they were successful applicants for Australian Defence Force Academy scholarships.
2/07/2008 | Wildcare is saying goodbye to its only puggle - ‘Ami’. Ami is a baby echidna. She came into care six months ago as a 130 gram five week old blob with no discernable eyes or ears and after six months is leaving as a fully developed juvenile echidna and with a fine set of prickly spines.
2/07/2008 | Ninety international visitors from three continents will converge in Yass next week en route to World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney.
Fifty Italians from Avezzano (including a bishop and three priests), 28 Canadians from Newfoundland and a dozen South Africans will arrive and stay in the area from Wednesday, July 9 through to Sunday, July 12.
2/07/2008 | Students at Yass Public are unable to play on their new playground equipment due to the threat of falling trees.
The primary school received a grant from the Federal Government’s Investing in our Schools program to install the impressive playground equipment early last year.
2/07/2008 | There is a new face at Yass Public School.
Principal Jenny Garnett took over the reigns about a month ago and has enjoyed a busy but welcoming transition to the school.
Mrs Garnett transferred from Bungendore Public where she spent more than ten years as Vice Principal and relieving Principal.
27/06/2008 | Sixteen members of Berinba Public School's choir have been chosen, for the second year in succession, to join the combined choir for the NSW Schools Spectacular.
27/06/2008 | The Yass Golf Club has been helped out of an immediate cash flow crisis by Yass Valley Council.
Mayor Nic Carmody took the unusual step of authorising a short term loan of $40,000 to the Yass Golf Club as a matter of urgency between council meetings. He did however seek and receive the endorsement of all Yass Valley councillors prior to signing off on the deal.
27/06/2008 | Staff from the Yass Pharmacy wore pink on Wednesday to celebrate the life of courageous cancer campaigner Jane McGrath.
27/06/2008 | Ex Yass resident Alan Rourke took a Travelling Tribune on holidays to Las Vegas. Readers may remember Alan as an employee at Warmington Electrical and later as owner of Yass TV and Alarms.
27/06/2008 | Yass water turned on for developers...
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25/06/2008 | The Travelling Trib made it to the Darwin Multiple District 201 Lions Convention on May 5.